[Info-vax] DHCP problems on OpenVMS 9.2 x86

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-04-25 23:44:36 +0000, Gary Sparkes said:

> 6,000+ server OS environment here, many mixed platforms/architectures 
> from wintel to z/OS to solaris to red hat systems. Everything that can 
> be set DHCP is, with appropriate reservations and whatnot in play. 
> Makes management/shifting/IPAM like 
> tasks/cleanup/renumbering/migrations/corporate 
> mergers&splits&acquistions/etc a breeze.
> About the only thing that isn't DHCP is items that for whatever reason 
> can't technically be or have some sort of compatibility issues, plus a 
> few oh-crap last resort things (and network hardware, for obvious 
> reasons).

That's pretty typical.  The DHCP server database either is the IP 
address "registry", or is closely associated with the registry.

One of the lower-priority projects around here is migrating the DHCP 
server configuration from a configuration that's being deprecated to 
one that's not yet been deprecated.


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